Terry Hershey Award Honors Achievements of Women Conservationists
Audubon’s Texas Women in Conservation program is seeking nominations for the third annual Terry Hershey Awards honoring outstanding contributions to conservation by Texas women. The deadline for nominations is August 19, 2016. The 2017 class of awardees will be honored at the Texas Women in Conservation luncheon in San Antonio at the Pearl Stable on April 13, 2017. The honorees will be evaluated on their contributions to conservation in Texas as pioneers, professionals and philanthropists.
The award is named for conservation icon Terry Hershey, who has devoted substantial passion, time, energy and resources to significant conservation projects in Houston, throughout Texas and nationally for more than 50 years.
The 2016 award winners were Janice Bezanson,executive director of the Texas Conservation Alliance (Salado), Deborah Clark, Birdwell and Clark Ranch co-owner (Henrietta), Ann Hamilton, conservation philanthropist (Houston) and Marty Leonard, Tarrant Regional Water District board member and philanthropist (Fort Worth). View award videos for each of the 2015 and 2016 awardees on our website.
Nominations can be submitted by email or mail to the address below and will be accepted now through August 19, 2016. To learn more, read the story and download the nomination form at this link.
Email (preferred)
exaswic@audubon.org
Mail
Audubon Texas Women in Conservation
2201 Main Street, Suite 600
Dallas, Texas 75201
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